Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series
Awarded for	Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Currently held by	The Bear (2024)
Website	emmys.com

This is a list of the winners and nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series.

Winners and nominations

2000s

Year	Program	Casting	Network
2000 (52nd) [1]
	Freaks and Geeks (Season 1: Part 1)	Allison Jones – casting executive; Coreen Mayrs and Jill Greenberg Sands – casting executives (location)	NBC
	Malcolm in the Middle (Season 1)	Mary V. Buck, Susan Edelman, Ken Miller, and Nikki Valko – casting executives	Fox
	Sex and the City (Season 2)	Kerry Barden, Billy Hopkins, Jennifer McNamara, and Suzanne Smith – casting executives	HBO
	Sports Night (Season 2)	Paula Rosenberg and Bonnie Zane – casting executives	ABC
	Will & Grace (Season 2)	Tracy Lilienfield – casting executive	NBC
2001 (53rd) [2]
	Ally McBeal (Season 4)	Ken Miller and Nikki Valko – casting executives	Fox
	Ed (Season 1)	Brett Goldstein, Carol Kelsay, Jonathan Strauss, Todd Thaler, and Bonnie Zane – casting executives	NBC
	Frasier (Season 8)	Jeff Greenberg – casting executive
	Sex and the City (Season 3)	Jennifer McNamara – casting executive	HBO
	Will & Grace (Season 3)	Tracy Lilienfield – casting executive	NBC
2002 (54th) [3]
	Sex and the City (Season 4)	Jennifer McNamara – casting executive	HBO
	Frasier (Season 9)	Jeff Greenberg – casting director	NBC
	Friends (Season 8)	Leslie Litt and Barbara Miller – casting directors
	Scrubs (Season 1)	Brett Benner and Debby Romano – casting directors
	Will & Grace (Season 4)	Tracy Lilienfield – casting director
2003 (55th) [4]
	Sex and the City (Season 5)	Jennifer McNamara – casting director	HBO
	Curb Your Enthusiasm (Season 3)	Marla Garlin, Richard Hicks and Ronnie Yeskel – casting directors	HBO
	Friends (Season 9)	Leslie Litt and Barbara Miller – casting directors	NBC
	Scrubs (Season 2)	Brett Benner and Debby Romano – casting directors
	Will & Grace (Season 5)	Tracy Lilienfield – casting director
2004 (56th) [5]
	Arrested Development (Season 1)	Deborah Barylski and Geraldine Leder – casting directors	Fox
	Curb Your Enthusiasm (Season 4)	Allison Jones – casting director	HBO
	Frasier (Season 11)	Jeff Greenberg – casting director	NBC
	Monk (Season 2)	Anya Colloff, Lonnie Hamerman, Meg Liberman, Sandi Logan, Amy McIntyre Britt, and Cami Patton – casting directors	USA
	Sex and the City (Season 6)	Jennifer McNamara – casting director	HBO
2005 (57th) [6]
	Desperate Housewives (Season 1)	Scott Genkinger and Junie Lowry-Johnson – casting directors	ABC
	Arrested Development (Season 2)	Allison Jones – casting director	Fox
	Entourage (Season 1)	Sheila Jaffe, Meredith Tucker, and Georgianne Walken – casting directors	HBO
	Scrubs (Season 4)	Brett Benner and Debby Romano – casting directors	NBC
	Will & Grace (Season 7)	Tracy Lilienfield – casting director
2006 (58th) [7]
	My Name Is Earl (Season 1)	Dava Waite Peaslee – casting director	NBC
	The Comeback (Season 1)	Elizabeth Barnes, Meg Liberman, and Cami Patton – casting directors	HBO
	Curb Your Enthusiasm (Season 5)	Allison Jones – casting director
	Desperate Housewives (Season 2)	Scott Genkinger and Junie Lowry-Johnson – casting directors	ABC
	Entourage (Season 2)	Sheila Jaffe, Meredith Tucker, and Georgianne Walken – casting directors	HBO
	Weeds (Season 1)	Amy McIntyre Britt and Anya Colloff – casting directors	Showtime
2007 (59th) [8]
	Ugly Betty (Season 1)	Libby Goldstein and Junie Lowry-Johnson – casting directors	ABC
	Desperate Housewives (Season 3)	Junie Lowry-Johnson and Scott Genkinger – casting directors	ABC
	Entourage (Season 3)	Sheila Jaffe and Georgianne Walken – casting directors	HBO
	30 Rock (Season 1)	Jennifer McNamara – casting director	NBC
	Weeds (Season 2)	Amy McIntyre Britt and Anya Colloff – casting directors	Showtime
2008 (60th) [9]
	30 Rock (Season 2)	Jennifer McNamara Shroff – casting director	NBC
	Californication (Season 1)	Felicia Fasano – casting directors; Pat McCorkle – original New York casting director	Showtime
	Curb Your Enthusiasm (Season 6)	Allison Jones – casting director	HBO
	Pushing Daisies (Season 1)	Camille Patton, Meg Liberman, and Jennifer Lare – casting directors	ABC
	Ugly Betty (Season 2)	Jeff Greenberg and Mark Scott – casting directors
2009 (61st) [10]
	30 Rock (Season 3)	Jennifer McNamara-Shroff – casting director	NBC
	Californication (Season 2)	Felicia Fasano – casting director	Showtime
	The Office (Season 5)	Allison Jones – casting director	NBC
	United States of Tara (Season 1)	Allison Jones – original casting director; Cami Patton and Elizabeth Barnes – casting directors	Showtime
	Weeds (Season 4)	Dava Waite Peaslee – casting director

2010s

Year	Program	Casting	Network
2010 (62nd) [11]
	Modern Family (Season 1)	Jeff Greenberg – casting director	ABC
	Glee (Season 1)	Robert J. Ulrich and Eric Dawson – casting directors; Jim Carnahan – New York casting director	Fox
	Nurse Jackie (Seasons 1-2)	Julie Tucker and Ross Meyerson – casting directors	Showtime
	30 Rock (Season 4)	Jennifer McNamara-Shroff – casting director	NBC
	United States of Tara (Season 2)	Cami Patton and Jennifer Lare – casting directors	Showtime
2011 (63rd) [12]
	Glee (Season 2)	Robert J. Ulrich and Eric Dawson – casting directors	Fox
	The Big C (Season 1)	Julie Tucker and Ross Meyerson – casting directors	Showtime
	Modern Family (Season 2)	Jeff Greenberg – casting director	ABC
	Nurse Jackie (Season 3)	Julie Tucker and Ross Meyerson – casting directors	Showtime
	30 Rock (Season 5)	Jennifer McNamara Shroff and Katja Blichfeld – casting directors	NBC
2012 (64th) [13]
	Girls (Season 1)	Jennifer Euston – casting director	HBO
	The Big C (Season 2)	Bernard Telsey – casting director	Showtime
	Modern Family (Season 3)	Jeff Greenberg – casting director	ABC
	New Girl (Season 1)	Seth Yanklewitz, Juel Bestrop, Anya Colloff, and Michael Nicolo – casting directors	Fox
	Nurse Jackie (Season 4)	Julie Tucker and Ross Meyerson – casting directors	Showtime
	Veep (Season 1)	Allison Jones, Pat Moran, and Jennifer Euston – casting directors	HBO
2013 (65th) [14]
	30 Rock (Season 7)	Jennifer McNamara-Shroff, Katja Blichfeld, and Jessica Daniels – casting directors	NBC
	Girls (Season 2)	Jennifer Euston – casting director	HBO
	Modern Family (Season 4)	Jeff Greenberg – casting director	ABC
	Nurse Jackie (Season 5)	Julie Tucker and Ross Meyerson – casting director	Showtime
	Veep (Season 2)	Allison Jones, Pat Moran, and Meredith Tucker – casting directors	HBO
2014 (66th) [15]
	Orange Is the New Black (Season 1)	Jennifer Euston – casting director	Netflix
	Louie (Season 4)	Gayle Keller – casting director	FX
	Modern Family (Season 5)	Jeff Greenberg – casting director	ABC
	Nurse Jackie (Season 6)	Julie Tucker and Ross Meyerson – casting director	Showtime
	Veep (Season 3)	Allison Jones, Pat Moran, and Meredith Tucker – casting directors	HBO
2015 (67th) [16]
	Veep (Season 4)	Allison Jones, Meredith Tucker, and Pat Moran – casting directors	HBO
	Louie (Season 5)	Gayle Keller – casting director	FX
	Modern Family (Season 6)	Jeff Greenberg – casting director	ABC
	Transparent (Season 1)	Eyde Belasco – casting director	Amazon
	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Season 1)	Jennifer Euston and Meredith Tucker – casting directors	Netflix
2016 (68th) [17]
	Veep (Season 5)	Allison Jones and Beth Harris – casting directors	HBO
	Modern Family (Season 7)	Jeff Greenberg – casting director	ABC
	Silicon Valley (Season 3)	Jeanne McCarthy, Nicole Abellera Hallman, and Leslie Woo – casting directors	HBO
	Transparent (Season 2)	Eyde Belasco – casting director	Amazon
	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Season 2)	Cindy Tolan – casting director	Netflix
2017 (69th) [18]
	Veep (Season 6)	Dorian Frankel and Sibby Kirchgessner – casting directors	HBO
	Atlanta (Season 1)	Alexa L. Fogel – casting director; Tara Feldstein Bennett and Chase Paris – location casting	FX
	Master of None (Season 2)	Cody Beke – casting director; Teresa Razzauti – location casting	Netflix
	Silicon Valley (Season 4)	Jeanne McCarthy, Nicole Abellera Hallman, and Leslie Woo – casting directors	HBO
	Transparent (Season 3)	Eyde Belasco – casting director	Amazon
2018 (70th) [19]
	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Season 1)	Meredith Tucker and Jeanie Bacharach – original casting directors; Cindy Tolan – casting director	Amazon
	Atlanta (Season 2)	Alexa L. Fogel – casting director; Tara Feldstein Bennett and Chase Paris – Atlanta casting	FX
	Barry (Season 1)	Sharon Bialy and Sherry Thomas – casting directors	HBO
	GLOW (Season 1)	Jennifer Euston and Elizabeth Barnes – casting directors	Netflix
	Silicon Valley (Season 5)	Jeanne McCarthy, Nicole Abellera Hallman and Leslie Woo – casting directors	HBO
2019 (71st) [20]
	Fleabag (Season 2)	Olivia Scott-Webb – casting director	Amazon
	Barry (Season 2)	Sharon Bialy and Sherry Thomas – casting directors	HBO
	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Season 2)	Cindy Tolan – casting director	Amazon
	Russian Doll (Season 1)	Christine Kromer – casting director	Netflix
	Veep (Season 7)	Dorian Frankel and Sibby Kirchgessner – casting directors	HBO

2020s

Year	Program	Casting	Network
2020 (72nd) [21]
	Schitt's Creek (Season 6)	Lisa Parasyn and Jon Comerford – casting directors	Pop
	Curb Your Enthusiasm (Season 10)	Allison Jones and Ben Harris – casting directors	HBO
	Dead to Me (Season 2)	Sharon Bialy, Russell Scott and Sherry Thomas – casting directors	Netflix
	Insecure (Season 4)	Victoria Thomas and Matthew Maisto – casting directors	HBO
	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Season 3)	Cindy Tolan – casting director	Prime Video
	What We Do in the Shadows (Season 2)	Gayle Keller– casting director; Jenny Lewis and Sara Kay – Canadian casting directors	FX
2021 (73rd) [22]
	Ted Lasso (Season 1)	Theo Park – casting director	Apple TV+
	The Flight Attendant (Season 1)	Kim Miscia, Beth Bowling - casting directors; John Papsidera – original casting director	HBO Max
	Hacks (Season 1)	Jeanne McCarthy and Nicole Abellera Hallman – casting directors
	The Kominsky Method (Season 3)	Nikki Valko, Ken Miller and Tara Treacy – casting directors	Netflix
	PEN15 (Season 2, Part 1)	Melissa DeLizia – casting director	Hulu
2022 (74th) [23]
	Abbott Elementary (Season 1)	Wendy O'Brien – casting director	ABC
	Barry (Season 3)	Sherry Thomas and Sharon Bialy – casting directors	HBO
	Curb Your Enthusiasm (Season 11)	Allison Jones and Ben Harris – casting directors
	Hacks (Season 2)	Jeanne McCarthy and Nicole Abellera Hallman – casting directors	HBO Max
	Only Murders in the Building (Season 1)	Bernard Telsey and Tiffany Little Canfield – casting directors	Hulu
	Ted Lasso (Season 2)	Theo Park – casting director	Apple TV+
2023 (75th) [24]
	The Bear (Season 1)	Jeanie Bacharach – casting director; Jennifer Rudnicke, Mickie Paskal and AJ Links - location casting directors	FX
	Abbott Elementary (Season 2)	Wendy O'Brien and Chris Gehrt – casting directors	ABC
	Jury Duty (Season 1)	Susie Farris – casting director	Amazon Freevee
	Only Murders in the Building (Season 2)	Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Canfield and Destiny Lilly – casting directors	Hulu
	Ted Lasso (Season 3)	Theo Park - casting director	Apple TV+
2024 (76th) [25]
	The Bear (Season 2)	Jeanie Bacharach and Maggie Bacharach – casting directors; Jennifer Rudnicke, Mickie Paskal and AJ Links - location casting directors	FX
	Abbott Elementary (Season 3)	Wendy O'Brien and Chris Gehrt – casting directors	ABC
	Curb Your Enthusiasm (Season 12)	Allison Jones - casting director	HBO
	Hacks (Season 3)	Jeanne McCarthy and Nicole Abellera Hallman – casting directors	Max
	Only Murders in the Building (Season 3)	Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield and Destiny Lilly – casting directors	Hulu

Multiple wins

5 wins Jennifer McNamara (2 consecutive, twice) 3 wins Jeanie Bacharach (2 consecutive) Allison Jones (2 consecutive)

2 wins Jennifer Euston Junie Lowry-Johnson AJ Links Mickie Paskal Jennifer Rudnicke Meredith Tucker

Programs with multiple wins

3 wins 30 Rock (2 consecutive) Veep (consecutive)

2 wins The Bear (consecutive) Sex and the City (consecutive)

Casting directors with multiple nominations

15 nominations Allison Jones 14 nominations Jeff Greenberg 11 nominations Jennifer McNamara 7 nominations Meredith Tucker 6 nominations Nicole Abellera Jeanne McCarthy Ross Meyerson Julie Tucker 5 nominations Jeanie Bacharach Jennifer Euston Meg Liberman

4 nominations Sharon Bialy Junie Lowry-Johnson Pat Moran Bernard Telsey Cindy Tolan Sherry Thomas 3 nominations Elizabeth Barnes Tiffany Little Canfield Scott Genkinger Ben Harris Sheila Jaffe Wendy O'Brien Theo Park Georgianne Walken Leslie Woo

2 nominations Katja Blichfeld Chris Gehrt Marc Hirschfeld Sharon Jetton AJ Links Leslie Litt Barbara Miller Brian Myers Mickie Paskal Jennifer Rudnicke

Programs with multiple nominations

7 nominations Curb Your Enthusiasm Modern Family Veep 6 nominations 30 Rock Frasier 5 nominations Nurse Jackie Sex and the City Will & Grace

3 nominations Abbott Elementary Ally McBeal Barry Desperate Housewives Entourage Hacks The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Only Murders in the Building Scrubs Silicon Valley Ted Lasso Transparent Weeds

2 nominations Arrested Development Atlanta The Bear The Big C Californication Friends Girls Glee Louie Ugly Betty Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt United States of Tara

Total awards by network

• HBO - 6
• NBC - 5
• ABC - 4
• Fox – 3
• Amazon / FX - 2
• Apple TV+ / Netflix / Pop TV - 1

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